grande puissance

\ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\

/\ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“grande puissance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grande-puissance · grande puissance · French

grande puissance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for grande puissance
PropertyValue
Headwordgrande puissance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grande puissance » en français

grande puissancereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grande puissance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.".

No misspelling variants are generated for grande puissance in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grande puissance, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-U-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how grande puissance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durant les décennies qui précèdent la Grande Guerre, les grandes puissances se sont en effet engagées dans une course au contrôle des territoires qu’elles considèrent comme vides, de l’ouest américain à la Sibérie en passant par de grandes parties de l’Afrique.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grande puissance"?
"grande puissance" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-U-I-S-S-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\.
What does "grande puissance" mean?
As a noun, "grande puissance" means: Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.
How do you pronounce "grande puissance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grande puissance" is \ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grande puissance" come from?
"grande puissance" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list